{"id":56483,"date":"2026-09-30T20:40:16","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T15:10:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailynewsindia.co.in\/index.php\/2026\/09\/30\/hackbhoomi-2-0-at-invertis-university-puts-student-innovation-in-action-1400-students-participate-100-teams-move-towards-smart-india-hackathon\/"},"modified":"2026-09-30T20:40:16","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T15:10:16","slug":"hackbhoomi-2-0-at-invertis-university-puts-student-innovation-in-action-1400-students-participate-100-teams-move-towards-smart-india-hackathon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailynewsindia.co.in\/index.php\/2026\/09\/30\/hackbhoomi-2-0-at-invertis-university-puts-student-innovation-in-action-1400-students-participate-100-teams-move-towards-smart-india-hackathon\/","title":{"rendered":"HackBhoomi 2.0 at Invertis University Puts Student Innovation in Action: 1,400 Students Participate, 100 Teams Move Towards Smart India Hackathon"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>New Delhi [India], September 30:<\/strong> Innovation took the centre stage at\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/admissions.invertisuniversity.ac.in\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\"><strong>Invertis University, Bareilly<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0 as the university hosted <strong>HackBhoomi 2.0<\/strong> on September 8 and 9. The two day event brought together nearly <strong>1,400 students across 283 teams.<\/strong> The event was conducted at Seminar Hall &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.invertisuniversity.ac.in\/csed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">CSED Labs<\/a> and served as an excellent platform for students to present their innovations and gear up for the next level Smart India Hackathon (SIH) platform.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Of the 283 participating teams, <strong>260 were software teams and 23 were hardware teams<\/strong>, working on problem statements across <strong>Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Internet of Things, agriculture, healthcare, cybersecurity, environment, cloud computing and emerging technologies<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>100 Teams Move Towards Smart India Hackathon<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of the key outcomes of HackBhoomi 2.0 was the <strong>nomination of 100 teams<\/strong> for registration at the <strong>Smart India Hackathon platform.<\/strong> These teams will now move towards the next stages for the selection process of SIH, where the qualifying teams will have the opportunity to compete with teams of\u00a0 institutions from all over India.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">HackBhoomi 2.0\u00a0 presented an opportunity to students to test their ideas, present their solutions before a jury of experts, to receive feedback and improve their presentations and prototypes before moving to SIH.The evaluation of participants was conducted in two phases. The <strong>first day<\/strong> focused on <strong>30-mark preliminary evaluation<\/strong> of problem statements, ideas and approaches, while the <strong>second day<\/strong> carried another 30 marks covering <strong>final presentations, prototype demonstrations and cumulative scoring<\/strong>. Creativity, feasibility and teamwork were among the main evaluation criterias, with judges also sharing industry insights and detailed feedback. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/dailynewsindia.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PNN-102-1024x576-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-88260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dailynewsindia.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PNN-102-1024x576-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pnndigital.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PNN-102-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pnndigital.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PNN-102-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pnndigital.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PNN-102-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/pnndigital.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PNN-102-450x253.jpg 450w, https:\/\/pnndigital.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PNN-102.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Among the highest-scoring teams were <strong>Team Synapse (53\/60), Codex (52\/60) Gandharvas (51\/60), TurboFlex,\u00a0 CyberBulls (50\/60 each) and Yatra Tech (49\/60)<\/strong>. Other strong performers included Universal Nexus, Ecovolt, Tech Explorers, Runtime Rebels, Logic Larq and Beyond Binary.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Top teams were awarded with trophies, gifts and certificates, while participants and volunteers received certificates for their contribution.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Building on the legacy of Achievements\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">HackBhoomi 2.0 is also a continuation of Invertis University\u2019s previous experience with SIH. In the previous cycle, Team <strong>Gandharvas<\/strong> backed first position among around <strong>500 competing teams<\/strong> and emerged as <strong>winner at the SIH Grand Finale<\/strong>, which saw the participation of five teams in the final stage. The team was awarded a <strong>\u20b91.5 lakh prize<\/strong> and an i<strong>nternship<\/strong> with the <strong>Ministry of Earth Sciences.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The latest event \u2013\u00a0 HackBhoomi 2.0, extends this journey by giving a new cohort of student innovators an opportunity to develop and present their ideas before taking them towards a national innovation platform.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The event also highlighted Invertis University\u2019s commitment to <strong>innovation, research, entrepreneurship and practical learning<\/strong>, with several projects identified for further development and potential participation in research, entrepreneurship and national-level competitions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Coordinated by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.invertisuniversity.ac.in\/about-invertis\/leadership\/director\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\"><strong>Mohd. Talha Khan, Director<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 <strong>Industry Partnership &amp; CSED<\/strong> and SPOC for HackBhoomi 2.0, the event saw active participation by faculty members, industry advisors and student volunteers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With 1,400 students, 283 teams and <strong>100 teams nominated for SIH<\/strong> registration, <strong>HackBhoomi 2.0<\/strong> provided a <strong>structured pathway<\/strong> for student ideas to move from ideation and prototyping on campus to wider <strong>national-level innovation platforms<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>If you object to the content of this press release, please notify us at pr.error.rectification@gmail.com. We will respond and rectify the situation within 24 hours.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Delhi [India], September 30: Innovation took the centre stage at\u00a0 Invertis University, Bareilly\u00a0 as the university hosted HackBhoomi 2.0 on September 8 and 9. The two day event brought together nearly 1,400 students across 283 teams. The event was conducted at Seminar Hall &amp; CSED Labs and served as an excellent platform for students&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dailynewsindia.co.in\/index.php\/2026\/09\/30\/hackbhoomi-2-0-at-invertis-university-puts-student-innovation-in-action-1400-students-participate-100-teams-move-towards-smart-india-hackathon\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;HackBhoomi 2.0 at Invertis University Puts Student Innovation in Action: 1,400 Students Participate, 100 Teams Move Towards Smart India Hackathon&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":56484,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[634],"class_list":["post-56483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle","tag-lifestyle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailynewsindia.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56483","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailynewsindia.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailynewsindia.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailynewsindia.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailynewsindia.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56483"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailynewsindia.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56483\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailynewsindia.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailynewsindia.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailynewsindia.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailynewsindia.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}